Garment draping button



IQD. TISS 0 R. 2 m .1 9 m w v 5 5 m 3 May 12, 1970 IRVING DAVID TISSATTORNEY United States Patent M 3,510,920 GARMENT DRAPING BUTION IrvingDavid Tiss, 2 Archbridge Lane, Springfield, NJ. 07081 Filed Mar. 5,1968, Ser. No. 710,580 Int. Cl. A44b 1/18 US. Cl. 24-90 Claims ABSTRACTOF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention deals with a garment drapingbutton comprising a substantially flat and substantially stilt butyieldable sheet material carrying a tongue thereon, the tonguecomprising a neck portion carrying a head at one end portion thereofwith the other end portion being connected to the sheet, a layer ofpressure sensitive adhesive material on one side of the sheet and aprotective readily removable backing material covering the adhesivelayer.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION When a button type garment such as a mansjacket is hung on a hanger during non-use, it is usually advantageouslybuttoned-up to prevent it from dislodgement from the hanger, or toprevent the garment from shifting on the hanger and assuming anundesirable hanging position. When so buttoned-up on the hanger, thegarment lapels, in the case of a mans jacket, tend to roll" and thefront of the garment tends to billow. Thus, the garment does not hangstraight and smooth and upon subsequent use the garment does not have adesirable pressed appearance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In accordance with the invention, there isprovided a temporary readily applicable and readily removable garmentdraping button which, when applied, for the hanging of a garment,adjusts the hanging drape of the garment by increasing the overlap ofthe button-carrying portion and the button hole portions of the garment.This increase in over-lap during hanging removes the tendency of thegarment front from billowing and the lapels from rolling by providing adesirable draping tension to the lapels during hanging.

The garment draping button, in its preferred form, comprises asubstantially flat and substantially stiff but yieldable sheet materialwith a portion thereof having a slot formed therethrough, the slot beingcontoured to form a tongue bendable out of the plane of the sheet, thetongue comprising a neck portion carrying a head at one end portionthereof with the other end portion being integrally connected to thesheet, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive material on one side ofthe sheet, and a protective readily removable backing material coveringthe adhesive layer.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates a top view of the garmentdraping button of the invention,

FIG. 2 illustrates a bottom view of the garment draping button,

FIG. 3 illustrates a side view along lines 33 of FIG. 1, and

FIG. 4 illustrates the side view illustrated by FIG. 3

Patented May 12, 1970 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Inaccordance with the figures, the invention comprises a substantiallyflat and substantially stiff sheet 1 composed I of any suitable materialsuch as pasteboard, resin, metal,

etc. and of any suitable shape, e.-g., rectangular, circular, etc. Thesheet material is slotted with a slot 2 formed through a portion of thesheet and contoured to form a tongue 3 bendable out of the plane of thesheet 1. The tongue formed by the slot contour comprises a neck 4carrying a head 5, on one end preferably simulating the shape of a discor button of greater diameter than the width of neck 4, with the headbeing free for movement out of the plane of the sheet and the other endof the neck 4 being connected to the sheet, e.g. integrally connected tothe sheet. Preferably, the top surface of the head 5 is provided withmarkings 6 denoting a button face. While the tongue 3 is illustrated asbeing formed along one side portion of the sheet 1, it may also beformed centrally of the sheet.

Regarding FIGS. 2 and 3, the bottom surface of the sheet is coated witha layer 7 of pressure sensitive adhesive which may be of the typecommonly used on transparent pressure sensitive cellophane tapes. Whilethe adhesive may be applied by brushing, rolling, etc., a commonavailable type having pressure sensitive adhesive on both sides, of thetype used in mounting pictures in picture albums, may be used in lieu ofbrushing or rolling the adhesive on the button surface of the sheet. Thepressure sensitive layer 7 is protected prior to use by a readilyremovable backing material, 8, such as waxed paper covering the adhesivelayer. Preferably, the bottom surface of the tongue 5 is free of theadhesive 8, as illustrated by FIG. 2.

In application to the garment which is hung on a hanger, the head 5 isbent upwardly out of the plane of the sheet 1 and the backing materialis removed from the adhesive on the bottom surface of the sheet. Theexposed adhesive layer 7 is then pressed against the button-carryingportion of the garment at a position spaced laterally of a button on thegarment and at a location engageable with a button hole on the buttonhole carrying portion of the garment and thus the garment draping buttonis pressure adhesively retained thereon. The button hole of the garmentis then engaged with the head 5 and so buttoned at an increased overlapof the garment comparable with the normal overlap when buttoned by meansof the garment button.

The increased overlap removes the tendency of the garment front frombillowing and the lapels from rolling by providing a desirable drapingtension to the lapels during hanging.

What is claimed is:

1. A garment draping button comprising a substantially Hat andsubstantially stiff but yieldable sheet material, a portion of the sheethaving a slot formed therethrough, the slot being contoured to form atongue bendable out of the plane of the sheet, the tongue comprising aneck portion carrying a head at one end portion thereof with the otherend portion being connected to the sheet, a layer of pressure-sensitiveadhesive material on one side of the sheet, and a protective readilyremovable backing material covering the adhesive layer.

2. A garment draping button according to claim 1, wherein the head isfree of adhesive material.

3. A garment draping button according to claim 1, wherein the said sheetis a substantially rectangular sheet, the said slot being formed alongone marginal side portion of the sheet.

4. A garment draping button according to claim 1, wherein one surface ofthe sheet is provided with markings denoting a button face.

5. A garment draping button according to claim 1, wherein the head issubstantially in the form of a disc.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Walbridge 24-90 Smith.

Carpenter 24-67.1 Slamon et a1 2490 DONALD A. GRIFFIN, Primary Examiner

